zondag 19 oktober 2014

Skirt.

Yesterday I
finished sewing a skirt from velour.

It was my intention to:

·Sew
something for myself

·Use
my stash of fabrics.

The later
was not that easy since most of the time I buy fabric with making something for
my boy in mind. The transfer from something a 9-years old boy can wear into
something suitable for his mother took some experimenting but I think I succeeded
very well.

I started
out using a simple pattern

Pattern from Knip

but had to adjust that because my pieces of velour were
too small.

The main part of the skirt is made now made of 8 teal panels instead
of 4, with an additional border of light blue. All in all I sewed 22 pieces together (including a inner skirt) and also
made an applique. You can imagine it took some time (and I'm not a fast seamstress in the first place) but again, I really enjoy the whole process.

While making the skirt, I decided to use another pattern for the top, to make a
better fit.

Ottobre pattern

The skirt is lined, but I’m still in doubt about that. It makes it heavy
and maybe the flow is better without it. We’ll see.

The color
is hard to photograph, I found out. It in between green and blue and I like it
very much. To make the pieces come together even more I made a kind of star
applique.

After all the practice I had with making appliques for my boy, this is
hardly is a challenge anymore. My Pfaff and I work together very well.

I hope to
show a modeled picture soon. Have to wait for better weather.